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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pruitton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pruitton and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Pruitton:
- 34.985614, -87.615457
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Pruitton
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
- Since Pruitton is near Lawrence County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Pruitton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pruitton ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corning ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Falconhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Falconhead is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconhead
- Green Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holly Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Holly Creek is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
- Iron City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Keys Chapel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keys Chapel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Chapel
- Light ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Light is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Star ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Stoney Point ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Terrace View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terrace View is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace View
- Twin Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Oaks is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Wolf Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Zip City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Pruitton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pruitton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pruitton and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pruitton to Florence, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 195 miles [313.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pruitton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <3> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Pruitton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pruitton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9856, Longitude: -87.6155 In this case, the coordinates for Pruitton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.257 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.161 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.314 degrees. |
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